PRESENTATION
This box set included twocollectable art cards and a delightful eight page art book with sketches of themain characters from each episode showing the early artist’s rendition of thecharacters and a brief bio.
EXTRAS
Director interview #6-music direction: the element of music can often be forgotten. During the interview the musicaldirector states that “the role of music in an anime is to support the scenesand express what the lines of art can not.” The music in this anime isparticularly eerie and beautiful which does compliment both the plot andartwork quite well. I encourage you to give this section some attention as themusic really gives the piece its finishing elements.
Directorinterview#7–opening direction: Here theydiscuss how even the things “unseen” can be seen or felt. This was a part ofdesigning the introduction to this story.
Trailers
8pginsert book– the tangible artwork is always a nice extra forcollectors to have
Mushi-ShiArt Card– I think I will frame theseonce I have collected them all because they are so beautiful.
OVERALL- I kind ofunintentionally got hooked on this series and now that I’ve seen so manyepisodes I find that I want to discover what other mushi I have yet toencounter.
RATING
THE STORY-7- Ginko has taken a less active role in the pastfew episodes as we really get a close up look at the mushi and their effect ontheir hosts or neighboring villages.
PRESENTATION- spectacular as usual, coupled with fancifulmusic
EXTRAS- 10- Greatly informative and interesting interviews, we really get an indepth look behind the scenes and wonderful keepsakes
OVERALL-7– Captivatingtales of mysterious creatures and the story of how our lives affect each other,even those things unseen